NameTides

Ellery

Ellery was the #1,207 girls' name in the US in 2025 (188 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Ellery as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ellery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ellery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,207 (188)#2,440 (11)#1,768 (13)
2024#1,331 (172)#1,541 (20)#1,409 (17)
2023#1,212 (196)#1,575 (19)#1,369 (17)
2022#1,199 (201)#2,889 (8)#1,727 (12)
2021#1,148 (213)#2,711 (9)#1,876 (11)
2020#1,145 (207)#2,615 (9)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,193 (197)#2,869 (8)#2,025 (10)
2018#1,310 (174)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,165 (211)#4,063 (5)#1,673 (13)
2016#1,241 (196)#4,096 (5)#1,399 (17)
2015#1,038 (256)—#1,874 (11)
2014#1,018 (256)—#1,455 (16)
2013#1,220 (197)#5,742 (3)#1,599 (14)
2012#1,210 (202)—#1,617 (14)
2011#1,217 (197)—#2,009 (10)

Ellery as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Ellery as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Ellery as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,910 (8)#3,684 (5)
2024#5,241 (18)#2,444 (9)
2023#8,255 (9)#2,814 (7)
2022#7,262 (11)#4,002 (4)
2021#10,799 (6)#3,017 (6)
2020#8,067 (9)#3,334 (5)
2019#8,215 (9)#2,266 (9)
2018#7,136 (11)#3,412 (5)
2017#7,546 (10)#3,449 (5)
2016#7,157 (11)#4,023 (4)
2015#5,999 (14)#4,747 (3)
2014#5,997 (14)#2,248 (9)
2013#9,655 (7)#3,822 (4)
2012#5,256 (17)#3,416 (5)
2011#7,502 (10)#3,830 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,018.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ellery is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ellery by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Ellery (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Ellery (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElleryCanadaGirls#1,76813
ElleryEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
ElleryEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
ElleryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElleryNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ElleryUSGirls#1,207188
ElleryUSBoys#8,9108